Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-14

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graphical information, put to him most
insolent questions, he folded his
arms and refused to answer. At the
very time when you would suppose all
decent men would have applauded the
heroism of the man, there were those to
hiss The Lord sent the hornet. Aud
when Rfterward that man sat down on the
western coast of Africa, sick and worn
perhaps N the grandest achievement of
the age in the way Of geographical dis
coverv, there were small critics all over
the world TO buzz and buzz, and carica-
ture and deride him; and when few
weeks after that lie got the London papers
as he opened them, out flew the hornet.
When see that there are so many people
in the world who Ike to say dissgrecabie
things and write disagreeabIe things, |
come almost in NY weaker moments 20
believe what q man said to NE in PhIls-
delphi2 one Monday morning. l went to
get the horse that was az the livery, and
the hostler, q plain man, said 10 me:
"Mr. Talmage, | saw that you preached
to the youpg men Yesterday" l said:
Dyes" He said: "N0 use, no use; mans
failure
The small insect GnnoyanCes Of life
sometimes come in the shape OF local
physical trouble. which does not amount
to 3 positive prOstTaJiOn, but which both
ers YOU when you want to feel the best.
Perhaps it is g sick headache which has
been the plague Of your fe, and you ap-
point some occasion Of nirth, or social
ity, or usefulness, and when the clock
strikes the hour you cannot make your
appearance. Perhaps the trouble is be
tween the ear and the forehead in the
shape OF q neuralgia twinge. Nobody can
see il Or sympatnize with you; but just
at the time when you want your intellect
clearest, and your disposition brightest,
you feel a sharp, keen, disCOnCerting
thrust. The Lord sent the hornet.
Perhaps these small insect aDnOYances
will come in the shape Of domestic irri-
tatiOn. The parlor and the kitchen DO
not always harmonic. To get good SER
vice snd to keep it IS one Of the great
questions of the country. Sometimes it
may be
THE ARROGANCY
and inconslderateness OF employers; but
whatever be the fact, we all admit there
are these insect annOyanCes Winging their
way UdG 1IOul LIZ Cull1dIR uG pa lI1SuI
If the grace Of God be not in the heart of
the hCusekeeper, she cannot maintain her
equilibrium. The men come home at
night and hear the story Of these annoy
&nCes, 8nd say. so! these hOme troubles
are very little things" They are small,
| small as Wa5ps, but they sting. Martha's
nerves were al unstrung when she rushed
| in asking Christ to Teprove Mary, and
. Of $hNnC1-6g Of yErDT ~,
who are dying, stung to death by these
pes .iferOus domestic annOyanceS. The
| Lord sent the hornet.
These small insect disturbances may
also come in the shape of business irri-
tatiCn. There are men here who went
| through 1887 and September "a, 1863,
without losing their balance, VINO are
every day endorsed by little annOyanceS
| "a clerks il-manners, or blot Of ink
on a bill Of ladiDg, or the extravaganza of
partner who overdraws his account, or
! the underseIing by a business rival, or
the whispering of business condolences in
the street, or the making of some little
bad debt which was against your judg-
ment, Just TO please somebody else. It's
not the panlcs that kill the merchants.
PanicS come only once in ten or twenty
|
every day annoy8nCes which is sending
| so many of our best merchants into nerV-
Gus dyspepsia and paralysis and the
grave. When our national commerce fell
! fat On its face, these uen stood up and
felt almost defiant; but their life is Civ
ing way now under the swarm of these
pestiferOus annoyances. The Lord sent
! the hornet.
| | have noticed IN the history of some
of my congregation that their annOyauces
are multiplying, and that they have q
hundred where they used to have ten.
/ The naturalist tells US that wasp
SOMETIMES HAS FAMILY
of 10000 wasps, and 1t does seem as ii
every Annoyance of your life bred q
million. By the help of God to-day
want to show you the other side. The
| hornet is of no use? On, yes! The
natuIaliSts tell Us they are very important
in the worlds economy; they kill spiders
and they clear the atmosphere; and
really believe God sends the annoyances
of our lie upon US to kill the spiders OF
the soul and to clear the atmosphere OF
our skies. These annoyances are sent on
US, think, to wake US up from our leth-
argy. There is nothing that makes O man
so lively as a nest of "yellow Jackets -
and l think that these snnoYances are in,
tended to persuade Us of the fact that
this is not q world for us to
stop in. II we had bed OF
everything that was attractive and
SIT ana easy, what would we want OF
| Heaven: You think that the hollow tree
sends the hornet, or you think the devil
sends the hornet. l want to correct your
| opinion. The Lord sent the hornet.
Then l also think these annoyances
come upon US to culture our patience
In the gymnasium you find upright par
aIeI bars-bars with holes over each
other for pegs to be put in. Then the
| gymnast takes peg in each hand and he
! begins TO climb, one inch at q time, or
two Inches, and getting his strength cul-
tured, reaches after awhile the ceiling.
And IL seems TO me that these annoy
anceS in life are a moral gymnasium, each
worry peg by which we "a to climb
higher and higher in Chr nan attain
| ment. We all love to see patience, but
1t cannot be cultured in fair weather.
1t is child of the storm. II
you had everything desirable and there
was nothing more to get, what would
you want with patience? The only time
| TO culture it is when YOU are